Watching the waiver wire

Having two roster spots and not ever using them, is like dying with a million dollars in the bank, and no heirs!
Players on waivers, or free agents, this time of year are in their situation because they all have flaws. DA needs to sort it all out, and get something done!

current players ala Barry,Magloire,Cassell etc by March 1st….after that the PJ’s of the world up till playoff time…no hurry unless right guy…we’re gonna add 2 guys…we need a big guy for sure

yeah, we need help- small stuff, but the finer toches and toughness is called for. we arevgetting outrebounded folks by a lot.

plus if Rondo gets hurt we’re in trouble…

Barry makes sense cause we are an outside shooting team and he would add to that. Plus Danny always likes shooters. The question is if we get Barry does that stop the Cassell pursuit?

OhioGreen said:
  Having two roster spots and not ever using them, is like dying with a million dollars in the bank, and no heirs!
Players on waivers, or free agents, this time of year are in their situation because they all have flaws. DA needs to sort it all out, and get something done!

If we have 15 players then 3 can’t suit up. That’s okay if the players aren’t NBA ready or are injured. I don’t think it’s good chemistry to have a player who is able to play to not suit up. If we brought in Brent Barry, for instance, someone who has earned the right to play won’t. As the roster is now and with everyone healthy, Gabe Pruitt doesn’t suit up. That’s okay. Add Brent Barry or someone who might produce then someone else needs to be ineligible to play. Who is that person? And what affect does it have to Team chemistry. I’m not saying we shouldn’t add a player if a good one is available, but many factors need to be considered. OhioGreen, I’m only choosing your statement, not to argue or disagree, but just as an example.

With the frenzy of trades at the deadline, I’m just doubtful that guys like Barry and Magloire will still be around by lst of March!

Truegreen:

Not dressing Scal, Pollard & Pruitt even if all are healthy might be a POSITIVE!

Is March 1st the deadline for the possible new guys having to be on your roster to be eligible for playoffs or for any transactions at all? If it is for playoffs I would think then that say Cassell would need to be bought in about three or four days so then he can clear waivers and sign with whomever he chooses. Or does he not have to clear waivers after being bought out?

 The Celtics have let their interest in Brent Barry be known, but there is concern around the club that the soon-to-be free agent guard will choose to play for a contender closer to home in the West.
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If Barry watched the last minute of the Warriors game, he’d probably rather play for a “contender” who doesn’t have the only head coach in basketball who couldn’t see who was going to take the last shot. We may be a “contender”. But our chances of making a deep playoff run is substantially less with Rivers making crunch-time decisions. That part is probably as obvious to these free agents as who was going to take the last shot in the Warriors game was to everybody but our esteemed coach.

PLowboy- So what you are saying is that if Doc had just TOLD his players to stop Baron Davis then we would have been just fine. I see. I wasn’t aware that all you had to do was tell them to not allow Baron to score and that they can just do it. Maybe we should tell the players to not let Lebron score the basketball and then we are guaranteed to beat the Cavs. Or not let Hamilton score and we should beat the Pistons. If we play the Lakers we are guaranteed a win because Doc can just tell them not to let Kobe score…

100% guarantee that Doc told his players to get the ball out of Baron’s hands. 100% guarantee that each player on the floor knew that he was going to take that shot. 100% also guarantee that Baron’s ability and talent had a little to do with him keeping it and hitting it. Easy to arm chair quarterback. Great players are tough to stop on the floor though.

I’d be surprised to see Barry wind up in Boston. In addition to the story about him wanting to stay in the west, there is no love lost between the Celtics and the Barry clan.

PLAYA, here’s a revolutionary concept: How about you take the ball out of Davis’ hands? Trap, doubleteam, any number of ways to do that. No, our legendary coach has a much better idea. Guard him straight up and let him get exactly where he wants….And hope he misses. Like I said, PLAYA, Jackson is in street clothes. Who else beats you that you fear on that roster? Same can be said for the primadonna since you brought him up. I’m thinking nobody.

Detroit is a different situation if you’re referring to the game where we didn’t guard the inbounds pass. He’s their second best option. It’d have been nice not to have two of our slowest players on the court and nicer to contest the inbounds pass.

Free agents who want a ring and have choices can see what happens in crunch time. After having played for Popovich, I can’t imagine Barry looking seriously at a team coached by Rivers no matter who is on the roster.